From 8fe86f9f875ab297f91ecbf2085f52db8e307588 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ferdinand Thiessen Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:47:28 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] fix(developer): document removal of the "whats new" feature It was used for Nextcloud changes, but we did not use it since Nextcloud 20 and now use the firstrunwizard and the update_notification. Signed-off-by: Ferdinand Thiessen --- .../app_upgrade_guide/upgrade_to_33.rst | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/developer_manual/app_publishing_maintenance/app_upgrade_guide/upgrade_to_33.rst b/developer_manual/app_publishing_maintenance/app_upgrade_guide/upgrade_to_33.rst index 0d797ddb68b..7e37b3190b5 100644 --- a/developer_manual/app_publishing_maintenance/app_upgrade_guide/upgrade_to_33.rst +++ b/developer_manual/app_publishing_maintenance/app_upgrade_guide/upgrade_to_33.rst @@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Removed APIs - The global ``md5`` implementation is removed. It was deprecated since Nextcloud 20 and not used by Nextcloud anymore. If you still need a ``md5`` implementation you can just use some external package like `crypto-browserify `_. +- ``OCP.WhatsNew`` was removed. - ``OC.AppConfig`` was deprecated since Nextcloud 16 and was now removed. Instead use ``OCP.AppConfig``. - The ``OC.Settings.UserSettings`` api was removed. - The ``OC.SystemTags`` api was removed. If you need to get the list of system tags, @@ -253,3 +254,6 @@ Should be replaced by the following code: } - The ``\OCP\Files::buildNotExistingFileName`` and related private helper ``\OC_Helper::buildNotExistingFileName`` were deprecated since Nextcloud 14 and were now removed. Use ``\OCP\Files\Folder::getNonExistingName`` instead. + +- The ``WhatsNew`` feature was removed as such the ``OC\Updater\ChangesCheck`` class and related APIs. + This also includes the ``whats_new`` database table and the ``WhatsNewController`` class which was serving the now removed ``/core/whatsnew`` endpoint.